Appeal No. 1997-3361
Application No. 08/554,939
these amendments have been entered. 1 (Paper 13; examiner’s
answer, page 3, paper 23; examiner’s communication of September
25, 2000, paper 27.)
Claims 1 and 10 are illustrative of the claims on appeal and
are reproduced below:
1. A method of processing a silver halide color
photographic material which comprises the steps of
color-developing an image-wise exposed silver halide
color photographic material and subjecting the
developed material to desilvering in a processing bath
having a fixing function and containing a thiosulfate
compound and a compound of the following general
formula (I) in a molar ratio of 1/0.05 to 1/0.30:
wherein R1, R2 and R3 each represent a hydrogen atom or
an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, with the
proviso that at least one of R 1, R2 and R3 is an alkyl
group substituted with a water-soluble group selected
from the group consisting of sulfonic acid group and
carboxylic acid group, and that both R 1 and R3 cannot
be hydrogen atom at the same time, wherein an amount of
the compound of the formula (I) is about 0.001 to 0.5
mol/l and an amount of thiosulfate is 0.3 to 3 mol/l in
an aqueous solution of the bath.
1 The examiner, however, has denied entry of the amendments
after final Office action filed June 30, 1997 and March 11, 1998
(Papers 19 and 25). (Examiner’s communications of August 28,
1997 and March 24, 1998, papers 20 and 27, respectively.)
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